One Louder said:

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Aye Davanita said:

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Here's a trick I have learned. If there is something you think she'd like, put it on when she's in the room.

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This is how I started watching "Vikings" and GoT. But now he's hinting around at The Mandolorian and Boba Fett. The thing is that I was a SW fan as a kid but I'm soooo over it now.

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What a shame. A good story is a good story.

One Louder said:

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Aye Davanita said:

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Here's a trick I have learned. If there is something you think she'd like, put it on when she's in the room.

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This is how I started watching "Vikings" and GoT. But now he's hinting around at The Mandolorian and Boba Fett. The thing is that I was a SW fan as a kid but I'm soooo over it now.

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Give Mandalorian a shot. It's really good. My girlfriend is "meh" on Star Wars in general but really liked mandalorian.

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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Gladiator
Lord of the Rings

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My wife demanded we go opening night to LOTR: Fellowship even though our son was only 8 months old.

We took him with us. He didn't complain at all. He slept through a lot of it and watched a good portion and she covered him and nursed him partway through. She was not about to miss opening night.

On the other hand, we did not follow the PG-13 recommendations very well as our infant saw an Orc get beheaded near the end of the movie.

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You provided parental guidance to a child under 13. I'd say the MPAA should want more considerate parents like you out there desensitizing our children to the coming war with Sauron.

BenTheGoodAg said:

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One Louder said:

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Aye Davanita said:

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Here's a trick I have learned. If there is something you think she'd like, put it on when she's in the room.

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This is how I started watching "Vikings" and GoT. But now he's hinting around at The Mandolorian and Boba Fett. The thing is that I was a SW fan as a kid but I'm soooo over it now.

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What a shame. A good story is a good story.

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She never wants to watch a new show. It has nothing to do with the show.

My wife refuses to watch any horror movies. She's fine with psychological thrillers, murderers, etc., but straight up horror she won't touch.

I've only seen LOTR 1 and 2 but have the trilogy on blu-ray. I wanted to watch then at some point last year but after watching the first she said "you're on your own for the last two".

She thought it was boring. I get it - those movies are 90% boring waiting for something fun/exciting.

Garrelli 5000 said:

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My wife refuses to watch any horror movies. She's fine with psychological thrillers, murderers, etc., but straight up horror she won't touch.

I've only seen LOTR 1 and 2 but have the trilogy on blu-ray. I wanted to watch then at some point last year but after watching the first she said "you're on your own for the last two".

She thought it was boring. I get it - those movies are 90% boring waiting for something fun/exciting.

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You haven't seen Return of the King?

LOTR - she absolutely refuses to give it a try
Any horror movie

Back in 2003 I got Band of Brothers on DVD. My wife was working night shifts at the time, and I got sick of waiting for her, so I started watching it without her.

She still refuses to watch it.

Airplane and Blazing Saddles are 2 off the top of my head.

Lavender Gooms said:

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Airplane and Blazing Saddles are 2 off the top of my head.

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Most women don't appreciate good comedy.

FincAg said:

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Better Off Dead

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Two dollars!

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Still covet the Camero

maroon barchetta said:

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Lavender Gooms said:

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Airplane and Blazing Saddles are 2 off the top of my head.

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Most women don't appreciate good comedy.

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Truth.

Add Caddyshack and Fletch to that list as well.

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Back in 2003 I got Band of Brothers on DVD. My wife was working night shifts at the time, and I got sick of waiting for her, so I started watching it without her.

She still refuses to watch it.

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I was reading these refusals to my wife. This was the one she was most disappointed in. She's watched BoB like 6 times at least.

Watching Cobra Kai I realized that is Chozin. As a kid I knew I had scene him before KK2, but no IMDb.

My wife of 26 years just walked in to tell me good night and said, "Boy that looks like a terrible movie." I was watching Jeremiah Johnson. No taste, guess that's why she married me.

Uh yeah, I personally don't have any hurt feelings if my wife doesn't wanna watch a movie with me. The job description does not include "Must enjoy 100% of the same things at all times."

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FincAg said:

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Better Off Dead

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Two dollars!

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Still covet the Camero

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BOD is just a guy movie IMO. I finally watched it a year or two ago and laughed exactly twice. And I'm someone who loves John Cusack in an 80s movie.

My wife gets scared watching anything suspenseful and refuses to watch just about every sow I like.

So she wont watch Breaking Bad, but somehow she sat thru Midsommer with me. I dont get it.

My wife's favorite movie is Big Trouble in Little China. Automatic life partner right there. We completed a full 23 MCU rewatch not too long ago and she watches all Star Wars material with me (lone exception is bailing on Boba Fett and I agree with her it sucks). And she hates and refuses to watch rom coms.

She sounds perfect but she's not. My current projects that I'm having trouble getting her to commit to are watching:

• The Prestige
• Bladerunner 2049 - in her defense she watched the original with me last year and thought it was silly and ended horribly. I actually wasn't super impressed with it either all these years later. Groundbreaking film but it's not as great as I remembered it. 2049 is awesome though. We saw Dune so I'm hoping to lure her into it using the same Director angle.

This thread plays like it's a "woman thing" but my wife is a huge movie fan. If anything, it was me dragging my feet to movies. But in general, I am always in for epics as is she. So LOTR and SW plus any superhero movies, she is totally in. It is the independent movies I would be more hesitant about seeing but usually go. Many ended being very enjoyable. Over the years, now that we have young children, we end up just seeing the bigger movies and now that our daughter is old enough, she is all in too. It's our 6 year old boy who still has issues sitting through movies. He was very wiggly during Spider-Man NWH, and b/c of that my wife missed a lot calming him down. I sat next to my daughter and she balled at certain parts and loved it.

Anyway, I think it's more of a spouse not being into certain movies type of thing vs a wife thing. There are plenty of guys I know that don't like a lot of the movies listed....

One of the biggest things to me is how a lot of the epic movies are seen as "kids" movies to the older generations. My parents are in their 80s and my dad still laughs at having to see movies like SW ep 4-6. I doubt he would like the MCU much. My in-laws are younger though, and seem to be totally in with Star Wars, a lot of the MCU movies etc. I notice the same thing with music. I am 48 and listen to new rap and hard rock. I have really never liked pop after the 4th or 5th grade. But will listen to a new song from Future and jam out. My parents probably would have never listened to Run DMC or Van Halen back in the 80's. Granted, I credit my father with introducing me to Big Band and older country which I still love.

Pretty simple criteria for Mrs G Martin. If there's oozing or slimy green body fluids, she's out. That actually wipes out a lot of movies. She sat through FOTR without complaint up until the birth of the Uruk-Hai. She hasn't watched any of the other LOTR movies since.

Fortunately, she does like most of the MCU. I got in trouble for leaving her behind to go see GotG with the kids. Halfway to the theatre, she called and was like "WTH? I wanted to see that one." Had to go back and get her, and it's still her favorite MCU movie to this day.

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Pretty simple criteria for Mrs G Martin. If there's oozing or slimy green body fluids, she's out. That actually wipes out a lot of movies. She sat through FOTR without complaint up until the birth of the Uruk-Hai. She hasn't watched any of the other LOTR movies since.

Fortunately, she does like most of the MCU. I got in trouble for leaving her behind to go see GotG with the kids. Halfway to the theatre, she called and was like "WTH? I wanted to see that one." Had to go back and get her, and it's still her favorite MCU movie to this day.

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Ghostbusters really messed her up, huh?

YouBet said:

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G Martin 87 said:

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Pretty simple criteria for Mrs G Martin. If there's oozing or slimy green body fluids, she's out. That actually wipes out a lot of movies. She sat through FOTR without complaint up until the birth of the Uruk-Hai. She hasn't watched any of the other LOTR movies since.

Fortunately, she does like most of the MCU. I got in trouble for leaving her behind to go see GotG with the kids. Halfway to the theatre, she called and was like "WTH? I wanted to see that one." Had to go back and get her, and it's still her favorite MCU movie to this day.

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Ghostbusters really messed her up, huh?

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She liked it, but doesn't understand the love. I saw it 11 times the summer it was released. Once was enough for her.

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Other thread got me thinking. My girlfriend refuses to watch:

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (this one chaps my ass the most)

Girl with the dragon tattoo

Spaceballs

Karate Kid movies - or the cobra Kai show.

Jackass - which just came up due to forever. Refuses to go see it or try one of the others even though she's never once seen an episode or movie.

Fifth element

New Dune

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Not wanting to see Jackass after being 30 or older is a smart move on her part. That movie is for renting and drinking with the guys if even that.

I will preface this by saying I love my wife and she's the best thing that everhappened to me.

She doesn't like action in movies. Like any action. It stresses her out. Like a good suspenseful chase scene such as in Judgment Day would be too much for her. I have to watch movies I want to watch on my own time. She also doesn't like watching "unlikeable" main characters. So Breaking Bad is out of the question because of the violence and meth dealing drug lords.

Also is not a huge fan of fantasy so she's meh on SW and LOTR.

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I will preface this by saying I love my wife and she's the best thing that everhappened to me.

She doesn't like action in movies. Like any action. It stresses her out. Like a good suspenseful chase scene such as in Judgment Day would be too much for her. I have to watch movies I want to watch on my own time. She also doesn't like watching "unlikeable" main characters. So Breaking Bad is out of the question because of the violence and meth dealing drug lords.

Also is not a huge fan of fantasy so she's meh on SW and LOTR.

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Enjoy date night seeing "The Muted Heart".

I wanted to go see Firestorm instead.

I'm basically shouting that I was the only male in my family growing up with this vague reference, but I would be the guy that gets dragged to a Celine Dion concert instead of the Knicks game.

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Early in our relationship I sold District 9 as a social commentary on apartheid in South Africa, and I still haven't regained trust.

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What am I missing here? Why did Malibu need to gain back her trust.
That is literally what the movie was.

Duncan Idaho said:

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Early in our relationship I sold District 9 as a social commentary on apartheid in South Africa, and I still haven't regained trust.

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What am I missing here? Why did Malibu need to gain back her trust.
That is literally what the movie was.

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Because it is hard core.

Wicked Good Ag said:

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BenFiasco14 said:

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Other thread got me thinking. My girlfriend refuses to watch:

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (this one chaps my ass the most)

Girl with the dragon tattoo

Spaceballs

Karate Kid movies - or the cobra Kai show.

Jackass - which just came up due to forever. Refuses to go see it or try one of the others even though she's never once seen an episode or movie.

Fifth element

New Dune

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Not wanting to see Jackass after being 30 or older is a smart move on her part. That movie is for renting and drinking with the guys if even that.

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Never seen any of the Jackass movies. I think those came out after I was in college which would have been the prime window for my younger self to see those.

If you have a girl who won't watch Holy Grail, you have to get rid of her. DEAL BREAKER.

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If you have a girl who won't watch Holy Grail, you have to get rid of her. DEAL BREAKER.

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Build a bridge out of her before she turns you into a newt.

My wife has really improved over the years, she pleasantly surprised me recently by watching every season of stranger things, we also watched Ozarks together. But anything in outer space or horror is still a non-starter.

Back in 2005 she had lasic surgery, she had on the big eye protection glasses, and I somehow convinced her to come with me to go see "a history of violence"..(I think she may have been loopy from the drugs still) anyway we were late getting there so we had to sit in the front row... and I have been paying for that night ever since!!

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The Godfather...

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homebuildingag said:

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The Godfather...

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